Maryland Statutes
Criminal Law
Title 11 - Indecency and Obscenity

Subtitle 1 - Adult Sexual Displays and Related Crimes

Section 11-101 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 11-102 - Adult Sexual Displays -- Selling or Offering to Sell to Minor - (a) A person may not knowingly sell or offer to...

Section 11-103 - Adult Sexual Displays -- Exhibition to Minors - (a) This section applies to a motion picture show or...

Section 11-104 - Adult Sexual Displays -- Allowing Minors to Enter or Remain on Premises - (a) A person who operates or is employed in a...

Section 11-104.1 - Adult Sexual Displays -- Allowing Minors to Enter or Remain on Premises -- Bookstores and Entertainment Venues - (a) In Harford County and Cecil County, a person who...

Section 11-105 - Adult Sexual Displays -- Displaying or Allowing Display for Advertising Purposes - (a) A person may not knowingly display for advertising purposes...

Section 11-106 - Adult Sexual Displays -- Presumptions - For purposes of §§ 11-101 through 11-105 of this subtitle,...

Section 11-107 - Indecent Exposure - (a) In this section, “indecent exposure” includes engaging in an...

Subtitle 2 - Obscene Matter

Section 11-201 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 11-202 - Obscene Matter -- Distribution, Exhibition, Importation, and Publication - (a) A person may not: (1) knowingly send or cause...

Section 11-203 - Sale or Display of Obscene Item to Minor - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 11-204 - Obscene Performance in Certain Counties - (a) This section applies only in Allegany, Anne Arundel, Charles,...

Section 11-205 - Obscene Matter -- Advertising - (a) A person may not knowingly: (1) write or create...

Section 11-206 - Obscene Matter -- Requiring Acceptance - (a) (1) A person may not knowingly require a purchaser...

Section 11-207 - Child Pornography - (a) A person may not: (1) cause, induce, solicit, or...

Section 11-208 - Possession of Visual Representation of Child Under 16 Engaged in Certain Sexual Acts - (a) (1) In this section, “indistinguishable from an actual and...

Section 11-208.1 - Removal of Child Pornography From Internet - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 11-209 - Hiring Minor for Prohibited Purpose - (a) A person may not hire, employ, or use an...

Section 11-210 - Exemption From Subtitle - (a) (1) A person having a bona fide scientific, educational,...

Section 11-211 - Destruction of Obscene Matter Under Court Order - When the conviction of a person for a violation of...

Subtitle 3 - Prostitution and Related Crimes

Section 11-301 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 11-302 - Effect of Subtitle on Other Laws - A person charged with a crime under this subtitle may...

Section 11-303 - House of Prostitution - (a) A person may not knowingly: (1) engage in prostitution...

Section 11-304 - Receiving Earnings of Prostitute - (a) A person may not receive or acquire money or...

Section 11-305 - Abduction of Child Under 16 - (a) For the purpose of committing a crime under Title...

Section 11-306 - Procuring or Solicitation of Prostitution or Assignation - (a) A person may not knowingly procure or solicit or...

Section 11-307 - Using Building, Structure, or Conveyance for Prostitution or Assignation - (a) A person may not knowingly: (1) allow a building,...